PERCEPTION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ON PROQUEST PUBLISHING OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS IN KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-01T18:35:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-01T18:35:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Purpose: This paper investigated the perception of the postgraduate students on the Kwara State University theses and dissertations published by ProQuest Online Database. Design/Methodology/Approach: The methodology used consists of survey research design using quantitative method through questionnaire administration. The population of the study is two hundred and fifty (250) consisting of all postgraduate students in the existing six colleges in the University (College of Agric and Veterinary Sciences, College of Education, College of Humanities, Management and Social Science, College of Information and Communication Science, College of Pure and Applied Sciences, and College of Engineering Technology).Due to the limited number of the study population, total enumeration was used to gather data from the respondents. Responses were analyzed using the descriptive statistical methods. Findings: The results revealed that the College of Humanities and Social Sciences had more postgraduate students of 22.4% than the remaining five colleges. MS.c. students were more in number (175), representing 70% of the overall respondents, while the least number was found in the other post graduate programmes, such as: postgraduate diplomas and certificates. It was also discovered that most postgraduate students were happy to publish the outcomes of their research findings in ProQuest outlet. This was because of the benefits of global visibility, awareness, impact of the outcomes of their research findings as facilitated by ProQuest. They also attested to the quality and originality of ProQuest publishing. The study revealed that ProQuest publications were accepted for promotion exercise in their places of work, regardless of other outlets that respondents were familiar with, such as, Scopus,and Emerald. Implication: It is suggested that for ProQuest publishing of postgraduate publications, especially theses and dissertations to flourish, there is the need to improve on the publishing completion time from eight weeks to between four and five weeks. This will increase the revenue base of the University. The University name should also be prominently configured in the search engine optimization (SEO) alongside with ProQuest for better visibility, among others. Originality/Value: It was recommended that ProQuest publishing should be encouraged beyond theses and dissertations, but other research breakthroughs recorded by the university in order to improve on the university web ranking and visibility. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/174 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of applied Information Science and Technology 13 (1)2020 Abdulsalam Abiodun Salman;Yahaya Aliyu Ismaila; Rafiu Olabamiji Ayodele and Abdul Hadi Ayodele | |
| dc.title | PERCEPTION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ON PROQUEST PUBLISHING OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS IN KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE | |
| dc.type | Article |